GS Retail Partners with Shinhan Bank to Establish 'Financial Enhancement Specialized Convenience Stores'

GS25 Establishes Specialized Space for Financial Services via Online Communication
Introduced First in Underserved Areas Such as Remote and Island Regions

[Asia Economy Reporter Yuri Kim] GS Retail announced on the 24th that it signed a business agreement to promote innovative financial services based on convenience stores with Shinhan Bank at GS Retail headquarters in Yeoksam-dong, Seoul. The signing ceremony was attended by GS Retail CEO Hyunsoo Hur and Shinhan Bank President Okdong Jin, among others.

Through this agreement, both companies will jointly pursue projects including ▲building future-oriented innovative stores by integrating online and offline channel infrastructures ▲establishing processes to provide specialized financial products and services through convenience stores ▲developing electronic financial services tailored to the MZ generation.

The future-oriented innovative stores are planned to be implemented with the concept that financial services can also be accessed at GS25 convenience stores. The two companies will prepare separate spaces within GS25 where customers and Shinhan Bank employees can conduct financial transactions through interactive online communication. After thorough testing, they plan to establish innovative stores starting with GS25 locations in remote and island areas that are financial service blind spots.

They will also establish processes to provide financial services to GS25 visitors. The companies will jointly develop services targeting the MZ generation by linking Shinhan Bank’s financial products with goods and services sold at GS25, and consider selling them through the innovative stores.

Both parties will concretize the discussed projects and explore joint entry into electronic financial services by combining and utilizing distribution data from GS Retail’s nationwide network of approximately 15,000 retail stores and Shinhan Bank’s financial service capabilities.

Jinseok Oh, Vice President and Head of Strategy Division at GS Retail, said, "GS Retail, positioning itself as a lifestyle platform, has pursued a partnership with Shinhan Bank, the optimal partner to provide new distribution financial services." He added, "We expect this partnership to be an opportunity to elevate the customer experience of financial consumers in Korea to a new level."

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